631  No Rest For The Wicked

"Can we at least have time to rest," I complained as I walked up to the chair and sat there slumping, "We just got away from an old foggy who didn"t seem too keen on letting us leave. I"ve yet to take a break man…"

"No need to worry, the lands of the Red Sun are protected by his might, no one would dare take a step further. And the man that was hunting you… he was driven away, although he didn"t seem too keen on the method," said the Herald.

"Anyway, what do you want?" I asked.

"Who might you be?" asked the Herald.

"Does that really matter? Who I am and where I come from?"

"In fact it matters not, but we of the Slaughter Sect want to have you join us, officially that is." Said the herald.

"I"ll have to think about that," I replied.

"The offer stands, his lords.h.i.+p requested it," said the herald.

"You mean the Red Sun?" I asked.

"Indeed, it seems that you piqued their interest, they won"t force you however, it is by your will and choice that you may join us," said the herald.

"I"m not ready to settle down, I still have much to do," I replied shrugging.

The herald sighed and handed me a token, "This is a valued guest token, you can bring it to the Slaughter Sect, and you will be treated as a valued guest of the sect. Come and see how we do things back at our sect, you might like it. As for the painting, I believe lady Hwei Ye will tell you all about it."

The herald then excused himself as he left, leaving me and old Fu with the ant Queen, who now I know what her name is.

"So…"

"Yes, yes, please, sit let"s talk business," she said.

As I sat down, "I guess the paining has a meaning?" I asked.

"Indeed, it portrays the laws of Slaughter. This painting… as much as I would like to show you, by opening it, the entirety of the ant cave might shatter. This was painted by Du Jhin, one of the greatest painters of the beyond. A man that would encompa.s.s the laws of the world itself by the tip of his brush," she said and her eyes almost sparkled.

She looked and sounded like a fangirl.

"And?" I questioned.

"Because as much as you think you"re safe here, the guy who was chasing after you has no issues with sending people to find you. I have no idea what sort of troubles you caused in the Sea of Demons to have one at the early stage of the Origin Stage to come hunt you down. You"ll be safer at the Slaughter Sect, especially since you have the valued guest token," she said.

"We"ll need to move then," I said as I stood up.

"That was fast, I thought you"d be more of a macho guy and say that you"d take on whatever they send your way," she said.

"Do I look like an idiot? I already told you I need some rest. And if the Slaughter Sect is willing to take us as valued guests, then I"ll take them up on the offer, I"d rather rest there than here in the borders of the Red Sun"s territory."

"Then so be it, the Herald already antic.i.p.ated this, he is waiting for you two at the secret teleportation gate leading to the slaughter sect." she said.

"Teleportation gate? I didn"t see that when I got here," I said.

"Because it"s a secret teleportation gate," she grinned.

"Then why did he have to come riding out, instead of using the gate?" I asked as I was surprised that the Herald had arrived with a ride the first time.

"Because it is a one way gate…"

"Suspicious…"

She sighed, "It"s a Very very very important person gate, and can only be used as an escape method to the main sect," she said.

"I see… so you"re saying that the Red sun is your dad?"

She looked at me with eyes wide open, "How did you come to that… realization," she asked.

"Am I wrong?" I asked.

"Yes, and… no," she said.

"Huh, b.a.s.t.a.r.d child?" I asked.

"No, nothing like that, he"s my adoptive father…" she said.

"I see. No wonder the entire Ant cave has that formation," I said.

"Formation?"

"In case you didn"t notice, the map you"ve given me, the tunnels, the way they"re carved and how they worm their way underground. Those are formations, protective ones that encompa.s.s the entierety of the Ant Cave. However, I don"t know what the trigger for them is," I shrugged.

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